The ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is affecting African nations particularly badly. But there are potential solutions for mitigating the drastic effects on the continent in the short, medium ...

Football on the African continent is no longer what it used to be… This is how the Spanish newspaper *AS* began its account of an unprecedented crisis that has shaken the foundations of African ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his government’s immigration policies while condemning xenophobia and accusing some South Africans of worsening the country’s undocumented ...

Men now account for nearly 80% of all recorded suicides in South Africa, a staggering statistic that has prompted the ...

When Russian forces withdrew from Kidal in northern Mali, retreating from the very rebels they were sent to crush, they ...

By Jessica Donati, Fiston Mahamba and Rachael Kennedy GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 7 (Reuters) - In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled ...

The National Assembly has resolved to set up a joint ad hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to carry ...

Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has been "compared with the HIV epidemic", said The Guardian. Unlike in most ...

When Pope Francis addressed a Vatican conference on “the Debt Crisis in the Global South” in June, he pulled no punches in decrying a problem that he blames for “causing misery and distress, and ...

Africa’s growing gambling use is sapping income that would ordinarily be flowing into groceries, entertainment and mobile ...